Storage & Backup Platform Engineer (Hybrid)

Kingfisher; Eastleigh; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive benefits package

Career development opportunities

Diversity & Inclusion

Job summary

Kingfisher is seeking a Technical Specialist to own the operation and continuous improvement of enterprise storage, backup and storage networking services. The role is based at the B&Q office near Southampton with an expectation of 12 days a month in the office and 24/7 on-call support in a one week in four rotation.

You will manage incidents, changes and major incidents, ensure service levels, monitor capacity and work with partners to deliver platform improvements across Windows, Linux, VMware

Qualifications

• Experience supporting enterprise storage environments including block, file and object storage technologies.
• Hands-on expertise with enterprise storage platforms such as NetApp, HPE or IBM solutions.
• Experience managing file shares, NFS exports, volumes, snapshots and replication services.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise backup, recovery and disaster recovery technologies, including recovery testing and cloud data protection.
• Experience supporting SAN environments, including Fibre Channel, zoning, multipathing, performance optimisation and storage networking technologies.
• Good working knowledge of Windows, Linux, VMware and infrastructure automation or scripting tools.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills, with experience supporting production services through incident, problem and change management processes.

Responsibilities

• Own and support enterprise storage, backup and storage networking platforms, ensuring secure, resilient and high-performing services.
• Deliver operational management of storage services in line with agreed service levels, performance measures and operational standards.
• Manage incidents, problems, changes and major incidents, driving service stability and continuous improvement.
• Monitor capacity, performance and lifecycle requirements to ensure platforms remain scalable, efficient and cost-effective.
• Administer and optimise block, file and object storage technologies, including volumes, shares, snapshots and replication services.
• Support backup, recovery and disaster recovery services, including recovery testing and validation activities.
• Work closely with infrastructure, engineering, architecture, security and supplier partners to deliver platform improvements, upgrades, migrations and automation initiatives.

Skills

Enterprise storage

SAN environments

Backup & DR

Windows & Linux

VMware

Scripting

Tools

NetApp

HPE

IBM storage

Job description

Kingfisher is seeking a Technical Specialist to own the operation and continuous improvement of enterprise storage, backup and storage networking services. The role is based at the B&Q office near Southampton with an expectation of 12 days a month in the office and 24/7 on-call support in a one week in four rotation.

You will manage incidents, changes and major incidents, ensure service levels, monitor capacity and work with partners to deliver platform improvements across Windows, Linux, VMware